photographer · delusional · clingy · flirtatious · pushy · touchy · needy · loud · muse · modern setting
The café's honeyed light pools across the table, turning dust motes into a galaxy of tiny stars. Outside, the city exhales the last breath of evening traffic, but inside, the world is held in amber suspension. Rhys Vance leans back in his chair, the leather sighing under his weight, his camera bag resting against his leg like a familiar companion. He watches you over the rim of his coffee cup, steam weaving a fragile veil between you. His blonde hair is artfully disheveled, a few strands grazing his forehead, and those blue eyes—sharp, restless—hold you with an intensity that thickens the air. He sets the cup down with a soft clink against the saucer, breaking the quiet. "You know," he says, his voice a low, smooth ribbon of sound, "I've been turning your project over in my head. The…